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The Galvin Blog
Our blog serves as space for us to share news and ideas about project management, website development and interactive design. Enjoy.
The First Step to Maximizing Your CRM and Website’s Marketing Power
Posted By : Adam Staples Posted On : April 10th, 2012
Topics : Business Development, Business Strategies, CRM, Mobile CRM, Website Marketing
So you have a website and a CRM system…this means that qualified leads are about to start beating your door down right? As much as I wish that was true, that’s just not the case. The secret to maximizing the power of your website or CRM truly lies in integrating the two platforms with your [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of April 2, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : April 6th, 2012
Topics : Tweetly Wrapup, Twitter
Web Development The Internet celebrated April Fools’ Day with a variety of pranks. Which one was your favorite from the web? Internet Explorer gains 1 percentage point during March while Chrome loses a third of a percentage point. Will IE stay ahead? Using CSS3 can make your emails stand out. Not only is the presentation [...]
Continue Reading4 Ways Your Sales Team Can Increase Traffic to Your Website
Posted By : Gary Galvin Posted On : April 3rd, 2012
Topics : Business Development, Social Media, Website Marketing
Your website can be a powerful sales tool for your organization. As your company works on solutions to engage, convert and retain users to your website you should also strategically integrate it with your sales processes. How can you do this? While it requires time and effort to truly accomplish online marketing efforts to drive [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of March 19, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : March 23rd, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design
Web Development Firefox 12 beta has made more than 85 changes to its developer tools, including updates to media controls. Likewise, users will no longer get alerts for updates! Last month at the Mobile World Congress, Opera announced its new browser, which will include some HTML5 functionality. How do you think it will compare? HTML5 [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of March 12, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : March 17th, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
Web Development CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, Jeff Jaffe, shares his predictions for the future of web technology. Are we about to experience a generational change with HTML5? Adobe prepares to relace Creative Suite 6, which will give developers cloud subscription tools and design tools that use Web Standards. How do you think [...]
Continue ReadingHow to Plan Your Next Adventure in Blogging
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : March 13th, 2012
Topics : Blogging, Content Development, Copywriting, Internet Marketing, Website Marketing, Writing
The saying goes, March is “in like a lion and out like a lamb.” In the month of March, we would like to share our experiences in perseverance on the Galvin blog. Whether that is taming a chaotic project or overcoming an obstacle – big or small – we have plenty of stories to share [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Weeks of February 27 & March 5, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : March 9th, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
We hope you didn’t miss our Tweetly Wrap-Up too much last week! We apologize for the absence and hope you enjoy our collection of tweets from the last two weeks. Let us know if we missed anything that’s worth highlighting! Web Development Deciding which mobile development route to take can be a tricky ordeal. You [...]
Continue ReadingI Love Being a Project Manager
Posted By : Crissy Koger Posted On : February 28th, 2012
Topics : Galvin Culture, Project Management
Project Management: Love It or Hate It? It’s that time again and I’ve been asked to write another post. This month we’ve been asked to theme our posts around “love”. What do we love about our industry, job, processes, and so forth. When I mentioned to my boss that I had to write a blog [...]
Continue ReadingWhy I Love Designing with Clients
Posted By : Kiley LoCascio Posted On : February 27th, 2012
Topics : Design
I have an adoration for many different types of design; from print to interior to interactive. I have been designing so long I can’t look at something without thinking about it’s aesthetic qualities. I can’t look at an object without critiquing it in some fashion. I’ll wonder why the designer made the decisions they made [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of February 20, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : February 24th, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
Web Development The terms “operating system” and “platform” are often used interchangeably in the technology industry. But should we be referring to Google’s Chrome OS as a platform? The World Wide Web is only 20 years old and people are already pining for its “good old days” of the web. We thought this discussion was [...]
Continue ReadingI Love Interacting with Companies on Twitter
Posted By : Theodore Huff Posted On : February 22nd, 2012
Topics : Business Strategies, Customer Service, Galvin Culture, New Technology, Social Media, Twitter
For the month of February, we have decided to share what it is we love. As cliché as it might be to profess our love for universal web standards or pixel perfect website deployments, we wish to instead focus on what it is that brings us joy every day in our lives at Galvin. Whether [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of February 13, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : February 17th, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
Web Development Good news for organizations who strive to protect machines from malicious downloads: IE9 provies 96-plus percent effective in blocking malware, while other major web browsers like Chrome and Firefox fall behind. Non-webkit browsers will support the -webkit prefix, which is upsetting news to those strongly supportive of the standardization process. How do we [...]
Continue ReadingShould Your Company Be on Pinterest?
Posted By : Gary Galvin Posted On : February 15th, 2012
Topics : Social Media, Viral Marketing, Website Marketing
My wife and I have recently been working on some home improvements in our house. As you could imagine, we are often online looking at ideas and “Do-It-Yourself” tutorials. Last night I was researching how to rewire a room for wall sconces while my wife was reading about different types of curtains. A majority of [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of February 6, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : February 10th, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
Web Development Facebook filed for its $5 billion IPO last week. Here are ten things that you might be surprised to know (but should know) about this social networking giant. I share my third search engine marketing game-changer on the Galvin blog. Despite Google rocking the SEO landscape with Panda updates and new search features, [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of January 30, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : February 3rd, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
Web Development There is a new breed of online video consumers: those who consume via mobile devices. Is your business utilizing HTML5 video to tap this growing marketing? We share more of our Internet marketing predictions on the Galvin blog. 2012 is the year to really think about how you are engaging, converting, and retaining [...]
Continue ReadingPart III: 3 Search Engine Marketing Game-Changers for 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : February 2nd, 2012
Topics : Business Development, Business Strategies, Content Development, New Technology, Social Media, Viral Marketing, Website Marketing
Quality Content Still Matters Google has seriously been shaking up the world of search engine marketing, but 2012 is bound to get even crazier. Since the introduction of Google Panda that aimed to reward sites with rich and high-quality content rather than those stuffed with keywords, the updates to the Caffeine ranking algorithm that was [...]
Continue ReadingA 2012 Process for a 2012 Responsive Web
Posted By : Kiley LoCascio Posted On : January 31st, 2012
Topics : Design, Interface Design, Project Management, User Experience Design
Expansion & Change With the expansion of different web devices the context in which people view web design has changed dramatically. The number of people using internet-based applications and websites on their TVs, smartphones, netbooks and tablets has grown exponentially in 2010 and 2011. It was “The Year of the iPad For the Second Year [...]
Continue ReadingThe Tweetly Wrap-Up: Week of January 23, 2012
Posted By : Sarah Musselman Posted On : January 27th, 2012
Topics : Design, Mobile Development, Mobile Web, Project Management, Social Media, Software Engineering, Twitter, User Experience Design, Web Development
Web Development How do you cope with HTML5’s dueling standards bodies while supporting web browsers that are becoming more fluid? The line between writing books and programs has gotten more blurry these days. Will you take advantage of the tools Amazon has released to allow you program e-books with HTML and CSS? Great news for [...]
Continue ReadingEven Waiters Have Problems Acquiring Requirements from Clients
Posted By : Crissy Koger Posted On : January 26th, 2012
Topics : Business Strategies, Discovery, Galvin Processes, Project Management
I was getting some work done at a local restaurant this morning and overhead a waiter taking an order from a customer. The customer ordered a main dish and included, “I’d like to substitute the fruit cup for the potatoes.” If you are like me, I took this to mean that the customer wanted potatoes. [...]
Continue ReadingHow to Engage, Convert, and Retain Your Website Visitors in 2012
Posted By : Gary Galvin Posted On : January 25th, 2012
Topics : Business Development, Business Strategies, Content Development, CRM, Social Media, Viral Marketing, Website Marketing
The first month of the year is drawing to a close, but we are still curious to hear what others are saying about the state of the web in 2012. While technology may seem like it moves at the speed of light, we can count on Internet sales and marketing to adapt as needed. As [...]
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